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Show Pithy News Notes From All Parts of UTAH Ogden. John W. Walsh .who began his business career as a newsbutchei on the first Bamberger train, has been elected to the hoard of directors of j that railway. Salt Lake City. Approximately 200 additional men will be employed by the motive and ear departments of the Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad in Salt Lake this week, bring ing the operations of the car department depart-ment to 100 per cent. This announcement announce-ment was made by D. G. Cunningham, assistant superintendent, of these departments. de-partments. The motive power department's depart-ment's operations will be Increased :. 85 per cent of its capacity. Wkn the additional men, , the total number employed em-ployed in the two branches will .be S20. When these departments are operating with full force there are about 1200 men employed. Salt Lake City. The local lodge of Knights of Columbus Is planning an Easter carnival. Moab. Lee March post of the American Amer-ican Legion will have its own home in Moab. John learning has made an offer to the post of a lot as a donation dona-tion if the post building will be erected erect-ed thereon. Max B. Taylor has also offered his equity in a lot If the balance bal-ance can be secured on the same terms, a donation. The structure Is to be built of adobe, which will be made by local legion members. The plans call for a building 32x80 feet in dimensions, dimen-sions, with a main floor 30x80 feet. The ciubrooms for the post members will be on the upper floor. As many members of the post are nmv out of employment, work on the building will begin as soon as the adobes ae ready. The cost of the building will be reduced re-duced appreciably by the members donating do-nating their labor. Gunnison. The new $80,000 high school building was dedicated here last week. Several hundred visitors from Salt Lake City and elsewhere were? present . Ogden W. H. Hills, a former Salt Lake City business man, committed suicide by inhaling poison gas at Los Vngeles. Salt Lake City. Thomas Redmond, sscretary of Utah Cattle and Horse Growers' association, has appealed to the American National Livestock as sociation at New York City for help In ecuring lower railroad freight rates. ML Pleasant. The first church bell tner rung- in San Pete valley is said t"o be at Mt. Pleasant. -The bell was used at the time of President Garfield's Gar-field's funeral-Salt funeral-Salt Lake City. Dehydrating fruit and vegetables !s recommended as the most economical method of supplying the family table during the wintei season. The government plans for curing supplies in this manner can be had from the Department of Agriculture Agricul-ture at Washington. Salt Lake City. Nibley pant has been set aside for a municipal golf course. The grounds will be open to the public this season, Provo. The business houses of this city will allow employees to visit ball games here by permitting one half the force to go one day and the others the next but will not close all day Wednesday as was the custom lust year. Ogden, Utah. The odor of cooking Ctrn mash led to the discovery of a wtill in tills city. Much whisky wr.s found and. the factory was closed. osuea,.-uuu, i uree ooys rrom f-catello, f-catello, Idahfo, who started out to see the world with only 25 rents between Vhera, were taken into custody by Officer Of-ficer D. F. Hawkins of the police department. de-partment. The boys gave the names of Manford Pratt, 14 years of age; Lynn Whlto.ker, 14 years of age, ant! Carrol Hale, 13 years of age. The boys arrived here on a freight trait. Parents of the boys will send a man after the runaways. Ephraim, Utah. Irrigation district for Improving this county is being formed. Six nearby towns will assist in tle project. Duchesne. A resolution of protesl against the stage service into the Uintah basin, adopted at a mass convention con-vention here, has been sent to the public pub-lic utilities commission in Salt Lake. The commission is appealed to for the purpose of giving the Uintah basin I i dependable service, and the resolution resolu-tion voices vehement protest against he service provided during the winter. win-ter. i Salt Lake City. R. S. Lovett. chairman chair-man of the Unihn Pacific system, in in Interview here declares business revival is very much hindred by taxes ! now in eToct. An alteration in form and system of taxation would greatly tccelerate return of prosperity, Mr. Lovett believes. Salt Luke City. The street railway company management ann unices the' will contend for a reduction in wngu paid street cm workers effects e ter Slay first |